* I DM’d him to ask about the two deleted tweets and this was his response…

Tech issues. It’s live

* We’ll see if this third one lasts because he still hasn’t included the most important thing: Which members of the state central committee actually signed the letter on his behalf? That part of the letter is cut off on all three tweets…

I am Shaun Murphy, member of the Republican State Central Committee and Worth Township Republican Committeeman. I am writing to inform you that Mr. Griffin’s press release is misleading. The Illinois Republican Party has not endorsed his candidacy and I personally refuse to endorse someone’s candidacy until they have been fully vetted and until we can measure the interest of all persons interested in running for any position.

The letter that is partially attached to his press release can be found in full at JC’s website. The letter is signed by four members of the State Central Committee:

Fred Floreth, 13th Congressional District Committeeman

Jan Weber, 17th Congressional District Committewoman

Michael Neubert, 12th Congressional District Committeeman

John McGlasson, 16th Congressional District Committeeman

Spinning that the support of 4 members of our committee equates to an endorsement from the Illinois Republican Party is simply dishonest.

Please update your post to reflect that fact.

Shaun Murphy

*** UPDATE 2 *** This is one stellar rollout…

Rich, this is Sean Morrison.

I echo the same sentiment as Shaun Murphy, To be clear I have not endorsed Mr. Griffin and to my knowledge nor has the IL GOP endorsed Mr. Griffin.

I am uncertain as to the cause of this confusion on Mr. Griffin’s behalf.

“The Illinois Republican Party has not yet formally made any endorsements in the race for Secretary of State. These four out of eighteen State Central Committee members are acting in their own individual capacities as they are free to do, but are not speaking for the State Central Committee or Illinois Republican Party as a whole. With that being said, we are committed to defeating Mike Madigan’s chief patronage boss, Jesse White, and electing a Secretary of State who works for the people, not a corrupt political machine.” - Illinois Republican Party Spokesman Aaron DeGroot

Due to abbreviated social media headlines and the omission of the portion of the support letter listing the names of the specific supporters, it may have been inferred by readers that the entire Illinois Republican State Central Committee (IRSCC) had endorsed me for Secretary of State when in fact it was only 4 members of the committee.

I will be working diligently to gain the support of the remaining members of the IRSCC and the individual Republican County Chairman throughout Illinois in the coming months.

Well I was going to make a snarky comment about George Ryan but obviously the people on this blog have some institutional memory so will let it go. Really a strange mention tho. But the then again JB does mention Blagoevich
Any idea yet who else drew short straws to run state wide as a Republican?

This guy was a Democrat three years ago that only lasted in a state job for 2 weeks and demanded everyone call him “Chief”. Please do a shallow dive on his “credentials’ and you will see they are false. All of them.

Politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum. It’s October now, and the ILGOP is still auditioning for candidates for SoS, Comptroller and Treasurer. I don’t blame people like Griffin who want to push the issue because the silence coming from the Rauner Party - I mean Republican Party - is deafening.

Also, if I were JC, I would copy the Dan Rutherford 2006 campaign message - “Jesse is too old”.

It’s didn’t work against a 72 year old Jesse, but it might work against an 84 year old Jesse. I can guarantee it’s better than his current game plan of promising to bring back the glory years of George Ryan.

Seems like this may create an opening for an ambitious personage not named JC with about 14 other potentially peeved off committee members who might be open to anyone else about now. Maybe a JD. Then again, we skipped right over JA.

I interviewed him for a position a couple years ago and the entire panel instantly knew he was full of sh*t. Guy looked the part, like a TV version of how an ambitious, successful African American politician would look and act, but we quickly picked apart his experience.

And the position was with an org with an outwardly progressive mission. That he wants to run now as a Republican indicates that he remains an opportunist with terrible execution skills.

“Fled” can be testy. The stories about “Fled” are legendary. I remember a few years back “Fled” was asked how he got his trademark glare. “Fled” said it ain’t no glare, I save my glare for people worth him thinking about.

===…I’d think Fled would want to flee from J.C. after this ridiculous rollout.===

Ah, you would think.

Fled gets something in his head, you can’t change it. At a golf outing I saw Fled hit 13 golf balls out of bounds, in a beets and radish field, Ole Fled just kept hitting them in that field, used that glare and we all gave him at least a golf ball after he ran out.